The Structure of the Aramaic Chapters in Daniel + 3 Final Tests
Daniel chapters 2 through 7 are written in Aramaic rather than Hebrew, and they show a specific literary order, called a “chiasm” or chiastic structure, according to the theme of related chapters (most likely for easier memorization). There is a forward-then-backward progression of themes in an A-B-C, C-B-A order.
A. Chapter 2 is a prophecy about the rise and fall of kingdoms.
B. Chapter 3 is a narrative about the persecution of Daniel’s friends.
C. Chapter 4 is prophecy about the fall of the King, Nebuchadnezzar
(and his restoration).
C. Chapter 5 is prophecy about the fall of the King, Belshazzar
(and his destruction).
B. Chapter 6 is a narrative about the persecution of Daniel.
A. Chapter 7 is a prophecy about the rise and fall of kingdoms.
(from “Daniel, A Reader’s Guide” by Wm. H. Shea, 285 pgs, c. 2005).
3 Final Tests in Daniel & Revelation
Chapters 1-6 show how God’s people are to live at the end of the world.
Chapters 7-12 show what happens at the end of the world.
1st Test, Dan. 1 & Rev. 18:1
Health Reform, symbol of the Spirit of Prophecy, empowered on 9/11 by angel of Rev. 18:1.
2nd Test, Dan. 2 & Rev. 18:2-3
The Feet of Iron and Clay = Union of Church & State in USA = “Image of the Beast” = Rev. 18:2-3.
3rd Test, Dan. 3 & Rev. 18:4
The Sunday Law in the USA = the “door” of human probation begins closing = Rev. 18: 4.
1st Test, Dan. 4 & Rev. 14:6-7; 1st Angel’s Message = Nebuchadnezzar = who rejects, but later accepts the message.
2nd Test, Dan. 5 & Rev. 14:8; 2nd Angel’s Message = Belshazzar = who fully rejects the 1st Angel’s message, and also rejects the example of acceptance by his forefather (his own “foundation experience”), and is finally lost = Millerite-time Protestants = end-time “Laodicea” = churches of Global Babylon.
3rd Test, Dan. 6.& Rev.14:9; 3rd Angel’s Message = Sunday Law persecution upon those who accept the 1st + 2nd Angel’s Messages.
When ancient Babylon (as a type or symbol of first pagan and then papal Rome, the final King of the North in Dan. 11) is understood as a type of the USA (which is no longer a “Protestant” nation, but rather a branch of Rome ever since it ceased to “protest” popery and began supporting Rome by sending an Ambassador in 1984, and then taking down the USSR for Rome in 1989); then, at the end of the world, Daniel illustrates the rise, and then the fall and destruction of the USA at the imposition of Rome’s national, then global, Sunday worship law.
Ch. 1 = 1st Angel of Rev. 14:7, that arrived in 1798, and typifies the beginning of the USA.
Chs. 1-3 = 3rd Angel of Rev. 14:9, that arrived in 1844, and typifies the end of the USA at the NSL.
Ch. 4 = beginning of judgment against the USA, which wakes up some people to repentance.
Chs. 5-6 together = end of judgment against the USA, and its destruction (spiritually by the “flood” of Catholicism [Rev. 12:15-17], and then literally by the “east wind” and “locusts” of Islam [Gen. 41:6, Ex. 10:13-15, Rev. 9:1-3]) who both “invaded” under the neglected southern border “wall-gates” (Isa. 45:1-4).
Chs. 7-9 together = the beginning of the USA as a branch of Rome-Babylon.
Chs. 10-12 together = the ending of the USA as a branch of Rome-Babylon.